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Monday, March 15, 2010
Crane Failure Case Heading to Court
Its amazing that the OSHA investigation found no violations. However, the Manhattan DA found enough evidence to bring manslaughter charges against J. Lomma, T. Varganyi, JF Lomma Inc, and NY Crane. Key quote from the article was "Equipment owners may be held personally liable—even if safety regulators in their official investigation are unable to find code violations." Will the threat of criminal charges actually start CEOs thinking about safety first.
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